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On Tuesday, Year 2 pupils took part in the Great Fire of London Day.  They were transported back in time to experience life in 1666, dressing up in the clothing of the day, and taking part in activities to find out what life was like at that time.

The children visited the barber surgeon and looked at old medical tools; went to the apothecary where they ground herbs to make medicines.  They tried their hand at leather tooling, each making their own leather bookmarks; wrote with a quill and ink; made scent bags in the perfumers; ground corn to make unleavened bread at the bakers; made clay moulds for metal casting, sewed blackwork muckenders and wove woollen cloth.

The afternoon session was centred on archaeology.  The children used dig boxes to unearth treasures and artefacts.  They had to answer a series of questions to try to find out what the object was.

Throughout the day, the lady (Mistress Inkpen) guided the children’s knowledge by getting them to go round and ask adults questions about the Great Fire of London, before trying to put out the spreading fire (represented by fabric on a map of London). 

All the children learnt a huge amount through the day with their history lessons very much brought to life.